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mitt romney won both the arizona and michigan primaries. romney was the easy winner in arizona and edged out rick santorum for a comeback win in his native michigan. santorum told supporters, he won't give up. >>> and an apparent tornado caused severe damage in a small town in central kansas. the storm knocked down buildings and power lines last night. at least nine people were injured. one seriously. >>> the mishandling of human remains at the air force mortuary in dover, delaware is back in the headlines. last year we learned that the remains of hundreds of u.s. troops killed overseas have been dumped in a landfill. turns out that some victims of the 9/11 terror attacks were treated the same way. here's wyatt andrews. >>> it's something never disclosed about 9/11. but in three painful paragraphs of this pentagon report came this revelation. some of the remains of the victims on the attack on the pentagon and the shanksville, pennsylvania, crash were incinerated and later was residual material found which the contractor was disposing in a
mitt romney won both the arizona and michigan primaries. romney was the easy winner in arizona and edged out rick santorum for a comeback win in his native michigan. santorum told supporters, he won't give up. >>> and an apparent tornado caused severe damage in a small town in central kansas. the storm knocked down buildings and power lines last night. at least nine people were injured. one seriously. >>> the mishandling of human remains at the air force mortuary in dover,...
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vote if you will, both gingrich and i. >> reporter: santorum and romney are in a tight race. a key state because of the general election battleground. a new poll shows santorum leading romneyly two points. ohio is one of ten sates up for grabs tuesday with more than 400 delegates at stake republicans could seat nominee come from the contest or could shake up the race. cbs news. >> its been criticized for being disorganized but tomorrow it the bay area occupy movement plans a demonstration. the message thousands hope to send loud and clear. >>> and designed to save lives and the feds want them on every they car but the chance to make it happen was delayed. why the government chose not to mandate rearview cameras right now. >> what a beautiful weekend. all round the bay. we have cooler temperatures just ahead. a look at the seven day forecast. ,,,,,,,, (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't
vote if you will, both gingrich and i. >> reporter: santorum and romney are in a tight race. a key state because of the general election battleground. a new poll shows santorum leading romneyly two points. ohio is one of ten sates up for grabs tuesday with more than 400 delegates at stake republicans could seat nominee come from the contest or could shake up the race. cbs news. >> its been criticized for being disorganized but tomorrow it the bay area occupy movement plans a...
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a quinnipiac university poll shows the president leading both mitt romney and rick santorum in the key states of ohio, florida and pennsylvania. >>> congressman ron paul spent the day campaigning in maryland ahead of tuesday's primary. he told reporters he has no plan to drop out of the race. >>> the nine justices of the supreme court will now consider the constitutionality of president obama's health care law in private. yesterday on the third and final day of public argument, the justices considered what would happen if they struck down part of the law and the expansion of medicaid. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: some supreme court justices seemed open to the idea that part of the health care reform act can survive, even if they strike down its core. but they asked probing questions about what happens to the rest of the law if they determine the requirement for all americans to buy insurance is unconstitutional? >> my approach would say if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute's gone. >> reporter: attorneys general from dozens of states are pushing for the cou
a quinnipiac university poll shows the president leading both mitt romney and rick santorum in the key states of ohio, florida and pennsylvania. >>> congressman ron paul spent the day campaigning in maryland ahead of tuesday's primary. he told reporters he has no plan to drop out of the race. >>> the nine justices of the supreme court will now consider the constitutionality of president obama's health care law in private. yesterday on the third and final day of public...
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we have good organization in both states. you're always playing catch-up a little bit to romney because of the scale of his money and how early he starts advertising. but the truth is we've caught up pretty dramatically. i think we'll have a good day on tuesday. and i am committed to going all the way to tampa. i mean, part. this, bob, is i have 175,000 people who have donated to the campaign. 95% of them are... have given under $250. they want a visionary conservative in the reagan tradition. i think they deserve to have a voice and i'm doing everything i can starting with our american energy policy and our proposal for $2.50 a gallon or less for gasoline to outline the kind of future we'd like to have. >> schieffer: let me play to you something that john mccain, your republican colleague, said. he is a romney man, of course. but he told me this week that the longer this campaign goes on, the more he worries about i. here's what he said. >> so every day between now and november that is devoted to winning the primary is lost
we have good organization in both states. you're always playing catch-up a little bit to romney because of the scale of his money and how early he starts advertising. but the truth is we've caught up pretty dramatically. i think we'll have a good day on tuesday. and i am committed to going all the way to tampa. i mean, part. this, bob, is i have 175,000 people who have donated to the campaign. 95% of them are... have given under $250. they want a visionary conservative in the reagan tradition....
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have given a million dollars to a super pac that supports romney. >> both sides are arming themselves to the teeth with millionaire friends. >> peter stone with the nonpartisan center for public integrity says adelson and the marriotts are prime examples of how the political clout of the wealthy has grown exponentially. >> so we have a fundraising war. we have a negative advertising war being under written by super rich friend of the candidates. >> rick santorum has stolen the race thanks, in part, to the generosity of finance mogul foster freese and a super pac that supports huntsman he's received millions from his father. president obama complained about the growing political power of the wealthy, but he didn't complain when hollywood billionaire jeffrey katzenberg gave a super pac $2 million to help the president. but for all the candidates, there's a risk in being associated with sometimes controversial billionaires. adelson, for example, made his billions in casinos, but many conservative republicans strongly oppose gambling. >> in south carolina thursday, gingrich told reporters
have given a million dollars to a super pac that supports romney. >> both sides are arming themselves to the teeth with millionaire friends. >> peter stone with the nonpartisan center for public integrity says adelson and the marriotts are prime examples of how the political clout of the wealthy has grown exponentially. >> so we have a fundraising war. we have a negative advertising war being under written by super rich friend of the candidates. >> rick santorum has...
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am reporter: after paul ryan's selection as running mate, both romney and ryan have recently ecne on the offensive after facing questions about ryan's plans to reform medicare. now there's this new focus on wyan's views on abortion and, ryanh, people say this is not going to decide the election but it does get them off their economic message and it could hurt their efforts to chip away ec at president obama's support among women. en.o'donnell: jan, thank you. the president was asked about akin's remarks as he held his first news conference in more than eight weeks. nancy cordes is at the white nause. nancy? >> reporter: norah, the president condemned akin's emarks and went a step further saying they point to a key difference between him and his iepublican opponents when it comes to abortion and women's health. >> the views expressed were xpfensive. rape is rape so what i think these comments do underscore is isy we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians-- a majority of whom eae men-- making health careeha. >> reporter: the president took only a few questions today in his first news co
am reporter: after paul ryan's selection as running mate, both romney and ryan have recently ecne on the offensive after facing questions about ryan's plans to reform medicare. now there's this new focus on wyan's views on abortion and, ryanh, people say this is not going to decide the election but it does get them off their economic message and it could hurt their efforts to chip away ec at president obama's support among women. en.o'donnell: jan, thank you. the president was asked about...
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i think both sides will have to do a better job focusing on the issues. >> governor romney is saying he's running on his budget, not paul ryan's budget. but paul ryan's budget has become very much at the center of the debate here. is it fair to tie romney to the ryan budget plan? >> sure. during the primary, romney said he would support ryan's budget and he would sign it if it got to his desk. so this is kind of revisionist history. a couple of days ago romney said he wasn't for deregulating wall street. he said he was for six months. this is all just nonsense. people trying to say they didn't say what they said during the primary season. and the american people will sort all of this out. eventually the american people get it right, and in this case re-elect the right person, if i may be very partisan. >> paul ryan says that he welcomes the debate on medicare. that he's ready for that. do you give him at least any kind of credit for taking on what has been a tough issue for both sides? >> i do give him some credit for that. unfortunately, his solution was totally unnecessary. you don
i think both sides will have to do a better job focusing on the issues. >> governor romney is saying he's running on his budget, not paul ryan's budget. but paul ryan's budget has become very much at the center of the debate here. is it fair to tie romney to the ryan budget plan? >> sure. during the primary, romney said he would support ryan's budget and he would sign it if it got to his desk. so this is kind of revisionist history. a couple of days ago romney said he wasn't for...
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both planes were inspected and cleared. >>> now to politics. mitt romney moves closer to the republican presidential nomination sweeping three primaries. romney won the primaries in north carolina, indiana and west virginia. cbs news estimates romney now has 934 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. but the big political headline in indiana wasn't romney's win. it was the defeat of six-term republican moderate richard lugar. lugar, known as capitol hill dealmaker, lost to tea party-backed richard mourdock in the republican senate primary. lugar faced questions about sometimes voting with democrats and his resistency. in his concession speech lugar said he wants to see mourdock win. >> i want to see a republican in the white house. i want to see my friend mitch mcconnell have majority in the senate. >> but shortly after his speech, lugar had some tough words for mourdock. his embrace of unrelenting partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance. he will find that unless he modifies his approach, he will ach
both planes were inspected and cleared. >>> now to politics. mitt romney moves closer to the republican presidential nomination sweeping three primaries. romney won the primaries in north carolina, indiana and west virginia. cbs news estimates romney now has 934 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. but the big political headline in indiana wasn't romney's win. it was the defeat of six-term republican moderate richard lugar. lugar, known as capitol hill dealmaker,...
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. >> president obama, mitt romney both spoke at the annual al smith dinner that benefits catholic charities. a traditional stop for presidential hopefuls. both men will return to politics today with a final presidential debate this monday in boca raton florida. cbs news' bob schieffer will moderate that event at lynn university and, of course, you can see it here on cbs 5 starting monday night at 6:00. >>> it's 6:20 right now. a crucial game for the 49ers against seattle. >> yeah. and plus it's one of the biggest college football events of the year. how the big game between stanford and cal are going to be different this year. coming up. at's when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> we have some big-time changes coming our way today. harke the big game is looking good though. we should see some sunshine there. temperatures in the 70s.
. >> president obama, mitt romney both spoke at the annual al smith dinner that benefits catholic charities. a traditional stop for presidential hopefuls. both men will return to politics today with a final presidential debate this monday in boca raton florida. cbs news' bob schieffer will moderate that event at lynn university and, of course, you can see it here on cbs 5 starting monday night at 6:00. >>> it's 6:20 right now. a crucial game for the 49ers against seattle....
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. >> president obama and mitt romney both spoke at the annual al smith dinner that benefits catholic charities a traditional stop for presidential hopefuls. both men return to politics with a final debate this monday in boca raton florida. bob schieffer will moderate the event at lynn university. see it right here on cbs 5 at 6 p.m. >>> 5:20. conflicting details have emerged surrounding the bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up new york's federal reserve bank. friends and family say 21-year- old kwauzi nafis wanted to come to america to study and often stated that true muslims didn't believe in violence. federal authorities claim nafis was determined to become a martyr for the cause. he was arrested wednesday as part of an elaborate fbi sting. >>> jerry sandusky says his child abuse conviction violates his rights. lawyers filed a 31-page document for him yesterday. in it, 68-year-old jerry sandusky asked for charges to be tossed or new trial. one of his accusers 18-year-old aaron fisher is speaking out now. fisher told "people" magazine he has written a book about the entire
. >> president obama and mitt romney both spoke at the annual al smith dinner that benefits catholic charities a traditional stop for presidential hopefuls. both men return to politics with a final debate this monday in boca raton florida. bob schieffer will moderate the event at lynn university. see it right here on cbs 5 at 6 p.m. >>> 5:20. conflicting details have emerged surrounding the bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up new york's federal reserve bank. friends...
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illinois was a must win for both romney and santorum. despite romney taking illinois, santorum and for that matter all of the candidates, show no sign of giving up. mitt romney thanked supporters in illinois for his double-digit win over rick santorum. & >> what a night. wow. >> reporter: and immediately turned his focus to defeating president obama in november. >> it's time to say these words -- this word -- enough. we've had enough. >> reporter: exit polls showed the economy was the most important issue among voters in illinois. mitt romney says it's his number one priority. >> i'm running for president because i have the experience and the vision to get us out of this mess. >> reporter: cbs news estimates romney will take 41 of illinois's 54 delegates, widening his overall lead. >> at some point romney gets to be able to say, these other guys are spoilers. i'm going to get there. why are we dragging this out? why aren't we talking about president obama? >> reporter: rick santorum is downplaying his second place finish. >> we did what
illinois was a must win for both romney and santorum. despite romney taking illinois, santorum and for that matter all of the candidates, show no sign of giving up. mitt romney thanked supporters in illinois for his double-digit win over rick santorum. & >> what a night. wow. >> reporter: and immediately turned his focus to defeating president obama in november. >> it's time to say these words -- this word -- enough. we've had enough. >> reporter: exit polls showed...
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what are governor romney's loopholes will romney close, what will he do about immigration? you're holding out making a decision? >> i'm still holding out, yes. >> reporter: that's why president obama was back in nevada today. both candidates are battling hard for this battleground state. on the ground to get out the vote, carpet bombing the airwaves with political ads. >> my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> it's not just going to generate more jobs, going to create one more million jobs, tell me how, where? >> today it could be obama, tomorrow it could be romney. i can't promise anything. >> reporter: peplowski and lopez both hope the debates will help them finally make up their minds. bill whitaker, cbs news, las vegas. >> glor: in afghanistan a fire fight today claimed the lives of two americans, a u.s. service member and civilian contractor. it happened in eastern wardak province. three afghan soldiers also died, and afghan army official calls it a misunderstanding between nato-led forces and afghan soldiers manning a check point. in iraq
what are governor romney's loopholes will romney close, what will he do about immigration? you're holding out making a decision? >> i'm still holding out, yes. >> reporter: that's why president obama was back in nevada today. both candidates are battling hard for this battleground state. on the ground to get out the vote, carpet bombing the airwaves with political ads. >> my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> it's not just going to generate...
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randall pinkston is here with the attacks come from both sides. >> mitt romney is talking up his new running mate to supporters in florida. >> paul ryan, a great leader. a man who has proven that he knows how to solve problems. >> republican presidential candidate and his partner on the ticket parted ways earlier in the day. they campaigned together over the weekend to overflow crowds. president obama's senior adviser was quick to downplay the buzz over the wisconsin congressman. >> congressman ryan is a certifiable right-wing ideologue so that has excited them but i saw that kind of excitement for years ago when john mccain appointed sarah palin as well. i do not think it worked out very well. >> the tea party favorite is best known for crafting the republican budget plan that would shift medicare into a voucher program for seniors. >> that may be a hard sell for the republican ticket in some key swing states like florida, where seniors vote in large numbers. ryan defended his plan during an interview on 60 minutes. >> in order to make that promise for those current seniors like my
randall pinkston is here with the attacks come from both sides. >> mitt romney is talking up his new running mate to supporters in florida. >> paul ryan, a great leader. a man who has proven that he knows how to solve problems. >> republican presidential candidate and his partner on the ticket parted ways earlier in the day. they campaigned together over the weekend to overflow crowds. president obama's senior adviser was quick to downplay the buzz over the wisconsin...
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both gingrich and i are out there slugging away. >> santorum and romney are locked in a tight race in ohio. a key state tuesday because it's a general election battleground. a new nbc marist poll shows santorum leading romney by just two points. ohio is one of ten states up for grabs tuesday with more than 400 delegates at stake. republicans could see their nominee emerge from these contests or could once again shake up the race. drew levinson, cbs news. >>> ron paul was campaigning in alaska where 27 delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. paul admitted to bob schieffer on "face the nation" that he's a long shot to capture the gop nomination. >> do i believe i can win? yes. do i believe the chances are slim? yes, i do. but things happen in this world that we don't have total control of and we live in a world that's very much in flux. >> paul says he thinks he can win three states tuesday. alaska, idaho and north dakota. >>> opponents of newly elected russian president vladimir putin plan a mass demonstration tonight in moscow. he thanked his supporters after he was easily elected to a s
both gingrich and i are out there slugging away. >> santorum and romney are locked in a tight race in ohio. a key state tuesday because it's a general election battleground. a new nbc marist poll shows santorum leading romney by just two points. ohio is one of ten states up for grabs tuesday with more than 400 delegates at stake. republicans could see their nominee emerge from these contests or could once again shake up the race. drew levinson, cbs news. >>> ron paul was...
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. >> santorum is leading romney in the polls. though both campaign there today, ohio is a priority because it's a swing state in the general election. >> what a warm welcome. >> while campaigning in north dakota, romney says he's the candidate that can win in november. >> if i become the nominee, i'll beat barack obama and take america back. >> romney is looking to extend his lead next week. ten states in more than 400 delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday. newt gingrich admits there's a lot at stake in georgia. the state he served in as congressman. >> i have to win georgia. i think to be credible in the race. >> while the gop candidates battle to become the republican nominee. president obama is stocking his war chest. he spent thursday fundraising in new york and his campaign expects to raise a billion dollars for this election. that goal for democrats to raise $1 billion in campaign funds for president obama already has republicans strategists scrambling to raise money for their candidates. betty? >> all right. duarte g
. >> santorum is leading romney in the polls. though both campaign there today, ohio is a priority because it's a swing state in the general election. >> what a warm welcome. >> while campaigning in north dakota, romney says he's the candidate that can win in november. >> if i become the nominee, i'll beat barack obama and take america back. >> romney is looking to extend his lead next week. ten states in more than 400 delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday....
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and ohio both. >> romney unveiled a new attack tuesday criticizing a comment president barack obama made at a campaign event in virginia last friday. >> if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. to say something like that is not just foolishness. it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator. in america. it's wrong. >> the obama campaign says romney is taking the president's words out of context. >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allows you to thrive. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> the romney campaign has been looking to change the narrative of the campaign away from outsourcing bain and taxes to the president's record. but the obama camp is doing its best to keep up the pressure. >> the president released a new ad tuesday that questions why romney won't release more of his tax returns. >> makes you wonder if some years he paid any taxes at all. >> there are a number of republicans now calling on him to hand over more than the two years he's a
and ohio both. >> romney unveiled a new attack tuesday criticizing a comment president barack obama made at a campaign event in virginia last friday. >> if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. to say something like that is not just foolishness. it's insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator. in america. it's wrong. >> the obama campaign says romney is taking the president's words out of context. >> somebody helped to create...
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the president in cleveland, romney in cincinnati. both men will be talking about the economy. no republican has won the presidency without winning ohio. mitt romney will appear on face the nation this sunday right here on cbs. >>> cbs "moneywatch" time on a thursday. growing concerns over the european debt crisis and april bump in foreclosures spells bad news for the housing market. erica ferrari with more. >>> good morning terrell. cell phone maker nokia plans to lay off 10,000 workers worldwide. the finnish company says the cuts will take place by the end of 2013. noek i although it's cutting costs, it remains focused on the smartphone market. >>> timothy geithner is pushing european leaders to lay out specific steps on how to solve the kopt nent's debt crisis. last night the treasury secretary said that by presenting concrete plans on fixing europe's finances, leaders will help improve investor confidence. his remarks come days before an important vote in greece and next week's g-20 summit in mexico. >>> europe's debt crisis weighed heavily on overseas markets. there are co
the president in cleveland, romney in cincinnati. both men will be talking about the economy. no republican has won the presidency without winning ohio. mitt romney will appear on face the nation this sunday right here on cbs. >>> cbs "moneywatch" time on a thursday. growing concerns over the european debt crisis and april bump in foreclosures spells bad news for the housing market. erica ferrari with more. >>> good morning terrell. cell phone maker nokia plans to...
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earlier in cincinnati ryan use the college football game to criticize barack obama on job issues for both sides it is game on romney tries to continue its momentum after the gop convention president obama tries to build his ahead of the democrat convention. dru levenson cbs news. voters in wisconsin go high- tech, they'll be able to use as smart phone tablet or laptop to show proof of residency instead of bringing in a paper utility belt voters can show proof of where they live by showing document from the self on election officials call it bring the process up to date. west nile virus continues it spread across the united states the latest bay area city taking measures is it still trying to fade away in northeast problems along the gulf coast remain the damage many say was caused by the levy designed to protect new orleans >>> a big warm-up for the bay area tomorrow temperatures go north and then changes mid-ng m, -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these woo
earlier in cincinnati ryan use the college football game to criticize barack obama on job issues for both sides it is game on romney tries to continue its momentum after the gop convention president obama tries to build his ahead of the democrat convention. dru levenson cbs news. voters in wisconsin go high- tech, they'll be able to use as smart phone tablet or laptop to show proof of residency instead of bringing in a paper utility belt voters can show proof of where they live by showing...
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both gingrich and i are out there slugging away. >> reporter: santorum and romney are locked in a tight race in ohio, a key state tuesday because it's a general election battle ground. a new nbc poll shows santorum leading romney by just two points. >> ohio is one of 10 states up for grabs tuesday, with more than 400 delegates safe. republicans could see their nominee emerge from these contests or could once again shake up the race. >> drew levenson, cbs news. >>> paradise, no more for a homeowner slapped by mother nature. he watched for years, as molten earth crept closer and closer. a house destroyed by a decades-long lava flow in hawaii. >>> and it was a gorgeous day all over the bay, but we're really dropping temperatures to the start of the work week, and we put a chance of sprinkles in our seven-day forecast. we're tracking the rain, coming up after the break. teach an old dog new tricks? maybe you should go to your shelter and get a mature dog... who will make your blues disappear. how's that for tricks? i got picked! wow! the big island of hawaii is no more tonight -- destroyed
both gingrich and i are out there slugging away. >> reporter: santorum and romney are locked in a tight race in ohio, a key state tuesday because it's a general election battle ground. a new nbc poll shows santorum leading romney by just two points. >> ohio is one of 10 states up for grabs tuesday, with more than 400 delegates safe. republicans could see their nominee emerge from these contests or could once again shake up the race. >> drew levenson, cbs news. >>>...
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the presumed front runner, mitt romney, came in third in both states. so now what? what does this all mean? susan is staying up late for us out of birmingham, alabama tonight. susan. >> dana, mitt romney really needed to win these two states. alabama and mississippi to prove that he could connect with the truly conservative voters, the christian conservatives. he needed it to get some long jeffty and stay in. at the end of the day after a tight race that came down to the wire, a three-way dead heat, santorum wins. cbs news projects rick santorum has swept tuesday's primaries in the south. winning both alabama and mississippi. >> we did it again. mitt romney spent the day rallying supporters in missouri. looking ahead to saturday's caucuses there. he's calling himself the one guy in the race who can beat president obama. >> he said he cut taxes for middle income americans. your taxes down? don't vote with what the pun dents say. >> santorum took his message directly to evangelical voters in alabama and mississippi leading up to tuesday's primaries. newt gingrich is f
the presumed front runner, mitt romney, came in third in both states. so now what? what does this all mean? susan is staying up late for us out of birmingham, alabama tonight. susan. >> dana, mitt romney really needed to win these two states. alabama and mississippi to prove that he could connect with the truly conservative voters, the christian conservatives. he needed it to get some long jeffty and stay in. at the end of the day after a tight race that came down to the wire, a three-way...
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romney has the more aggressive plan. his argument is that for both of you, you're fine. your medicare is not going to change. his plan for those under 55 would be to change medicare. actually completely reorganize it and basically make it, take it from being a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution. you would get what would essentially be a voucher to apply to the medical care. that's what the debate is about. he hopes by turning medicare over basically to private market the costs would be driven down by competition and that would take care of health care inflation which is what's driechg the deficits up. the obama folks say you would give that voucher out and the voucher would stay at a fixed level, inflation for health care would still go up and your ability to buy insurance would be eroded over time. that's what the debate is about. it's about for folks after your age. >> okay. let's go to the back corner. james lawson. still in the middle. stuck in the middle. >> definitely. >> what do you need to know? >> how does a billionaire like mitt romney relate to som
romney has the more aggressive plan. his argument is that for both of you, you're fine. your medicare is not going to change. his plan for those under 55 would be to change medicare. actually completely reorganize it and basically make it, take it from being a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution. you would get what would essentially be a voucher to apply to the medical care. that's what the debate is about. he hopes by turning medicare over basically to private market the costs would...
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mitt romney leads that race. now, both romney and santorum will campaign in ohio today. that's the big prize for super tuesday coming up next week. 63 delegates up for grabs there so they are concentrating on that and ohio is now being barraged with all the advertising and personal attacks. >> i'm sure they are. susan, you said romney needed to win his home state. now, what does this mean for santorum? is this a setback for him? >> it's not a good sign for rick santorum. this is a big blow to him. he has a good face on and he is vowing to stay in and keep working at it but, you know, he is behind financially. he is behind in delegates. he is behind in organization. and he is going to be under fire in ohio from mitt romney's financial machine. so i think next tuesday is going to be very telling for rick santorum and the other candidates, as well. we'll see who gets the most of the delegates. 419 of them will be award next tuesday. >> wow. >> and i think after that, we'll begin to see possibly some dropping out here. >> i was going to say, ron paul hasn't won one, santorum
mitt romney leads that race. now, both romney and santorum will campaign in ohio today. that's the big prize for super tuesday coming up next week. 63 delegates up for grabs there so they are concentrating on that and ohio is now being barraged with all the advertising and personal attacks. >> i'm sure they are. susan, you said romney needed to win his home state. now, what does this mean for santorum? is this a setback for him? >> it's not a good sign for rick santorum. this is a...
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any dolphins and new york jets, both owners are friends of mine. >> reporter: romney has left the south. 's campaigning in missouri. he and ron paul both skipped a republican presidential forum that was held in birmingham last night. that left the stage to santorum and gingrich. they both had their supporters in the crowd. that crowd, like the voters in this state, was very evenly divided. >> jan, thank you. the latest cbs news "new york times" polls show president obama's rating is at an all time low down nine points from last month. the president talked about the issue of rising gas prices yesterday. >> understandably people are frustrated when gas prices are going up. i think the american people understand that, you know, we don't have a silver bullet when it comes to gas prices. there's no silver bullet here. >> chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation" bob schieffer is with us. >> president has a point, doesn't he? there's little he can do necessarily to in the short term affect gas prices and gas prices hurts his political chances. >> reporter: well, that's righ
any dolphins and new york jets, both owners are friends of mine. >> reporter: romney has left the south. 's campaigning in missouri. he and ron paul both skipped a republican presidential forum that was held in birmingham last night. that left the stage to santorum and gingrich. they both had their supporters in the crowd. that crowd, like the voters in this state, was very evenly divided. >> jan, thank you. the latest cbs news "new york times" polls show president obama's...
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and this is both an opportunity and a danger for the romney campaign. opportunity because defining paul ryan in a sense redefines romney. this is important more so than perhaps other vice presidential picks because the romney campaign has put ryan kind of at the center of the complete campaign narrative saying this is a bold pick, a pick about ideas. so how they define ryan in this period sort of defines the campaign. for democrats, that large number of people who don't know who ryan is allows them a chance to define him first, tag him with these labels, and those are awfully hard to peel off once they get stuck on. >> john, how much sway does the vp pick typically have over how people vote? >> it doesn't have much. and we are in the sort of hot time here for the vice presidential scrutiny. but it will quickly go back to the person at the top of the ticket. in this case, though, there might be a little bit more attention paid to it because again the romney campaign is making such a big deal about the ryan pick. and what it tells us about the person at t
and this is both an opportunity and a danger for the romney campaign. opportunity because defining paul ryan in a sense redefines romney. this is important more so than perhaps other vice presidential picks because the romney campaign has put ryan kind of at the center of the complete campaign narrative saying this is a bold pick, a pick about ideas. so how they define ryan in this period sort of defines the campaign. for democrats, that large number of people who don't know who ryan is allows...
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they are neck and neck. 38% for both romney and santorum and it looks like a difference of less than 800 votes at this hour. we cannot call the place in ohio just yet. as for the races that have already been decided, three have gone to mitt romney. he has won massachusetts, where he was governor of course. he has also taken the state of vermont. and he is getting another check of victory in virginia. just a note here only he and ron paul were on the ballot there. in the meantime, newt gingrich has taken his delegate-rich home state of georgia. he needed this win in order to keep his campaign alive. he said this before and it has happened for newt gingrich. all right. coming up, we are going to be breaking down all the results with cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman who will be in studio. we'll talk about the issues and we are keeping a close eye on the numbers and updating the results live on cbssf.com. >> thank you. >>> new at 6:00, critics say it is a costly example of poor planning. taxpayers paid $125 million for this carpool lane on 580 between livermore and pleasanton. and it op
they are neck and neck. 38% for both romney and santorum and it looks like a difference of less than 800 votes at this hour. we cannot call the place in ohio just yet. as for the races that have already been decided, three have gone to mitt romney. he has won massachusetts, where he was governor of course. he has also taken the state of vermont. and he is getting another check of victory in virginia. just a note here only he and ron paul were on the ballot there. in the meantime, newt gingrich...
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and then to beat -- to beat mitt romney and then to beat president obama. >> reporter: both will be on inn ohio on friday, the biggest prize among the states holding contests super tuesday. a new poll of likely primary voters in the state shows the race is tight between the front- runner with santorum with the four point lead. the long nomination battle is a sign many gop volters are undecided. more than a third of ohio republicans have yet to select a candidate. mitt romney insists he has the best chance to beat president obama. >> this guy is out of ideas. and he is out of excuses and so in 2012 we're getting him out of office. >> reporter: newt gingrich is counting on a win in georgia on super tuesday to revise his struggling campaign. >> i want to force washington to decide, do you want to be on the american people's team or do you want to get fired and go home? >> reporter: ron paul will be in washington state today firing up his supporters ahead of tomorrow's caucuses. randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >>> political movers and shakers say she is one of the most libe
and then to beat -- to beat mitt romney and then to beat president obama. >> reporter: both will be on inn ohio on friday, the biggest prize among the states holding contests super tuesday. a new poll of likely primary voters in the state shows the race is tight between the front- runner with santorum with the four point lead. the long nomination battle is a sign many gop volters are undecided. more than a third of ohio republicans have yet to select a candidate. mitt romney insists he...
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mitt romney beat rick santorum by just eight votes. both candidates got 25% of the vote. ron paul finishing third, followed by newt gingrich. >>> texas governor rick perry, who finished a distant fifth in iowa, may be dropping out of the race. perry says he is heading back to texas for prayer and reflection and to reassess his campaign. >>> new details are emerging about the suspect in the string of more than 50 fires in los angeles. lee cowan takes a look at who the arson suspect is and what led to his arrest. >> reporter: harry burkhart may have been his own worst enemy. the 24-year-old suspected arson was identified, not because he was caught setting one of l.a.'s suspicious 53 fires, but because u.s. marshals remember him from a tantrum he threw in this federal courthouse. the l.a. police chief charlie beck. >> i will not get into the details of any statements he made. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney office says burkhart's mother dorothee was arrested on 19 counts of fraud. the officials say her son, a german national himself, grew so agitated at one of her hearings, h
mitt romney beat rick santorum by just eight votes. both candidates got 25% of the vote. ron paul finishing third, followed by newt gingrich. >>> texas governor rick perry, who finished a distant fifth in iowa, may be dropping out of the race. perry says he is heading back to texas for prayer and reflection and to reassess his campaign. >>> new details are emerging about the suspect in the string of more than 50 fires in los angeles. lee cowan takes a look at who the arson...
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in the end, both happened, g.m. got the money and went through a massive overhaul. john dickerson is our cbs news political director. john, why is this so important an issue? >> well, this is exhibit-a in the 25 million dollars worth of ads that the president campaign just launched in the ad it said that the president, he believes in us. he fought for us. this is an issue where in this weak economy the president can point to added shifts on production lines. it's also a message in ohio where the state's former democratic governor just finished a four-day tour promoting the auto rescue. governor romney says the president doesn't deserve that credit. his claim is that the bankruptcy which he called for and which the company resisted is part of the auto recovery. the obama campaign argues if it were not for the bailout funds that romney was against the car companies would have collapseded and gone out of business and not been alive to ever go through bankruptcy. >> pelley: we just heard governor romney say he takes a lot of credit for the g.m. turn around. can he reall
in the end, both happened, g.m. got the money and went through a massive overhaul. john dickerson is our cbs news political director. john, why is this so important an issue? >> well, this is exhibit-a in the 25 million dollars worth of ads that the president campaign just launched in the ad it said that the president, he believes in us. he fought for us. this is an issue where in this weak economy the president can point to added shifts on production lines. it's also a message in ohio...
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romney said president has misapplied americans understanding. he wrote we must restore our economic strength, our military strength and the strength of our values. both candidate are prepping for their first debate against each other this wednesday in denver focusing on domestic issues. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning to you. >> reporter: the president enters the final month before the elections within reach of the number of electoral votes needed to win but he continues to battle criticisms over how the white house handled last month's attack in benghazi, libya. more than 11,000 people packed a high school in las vegas sunday night to listen to president obama. >> stand with me and work with me, we'll win clark county again. we'll win nevada again. we'll win this election again. >> reporter: it was the president's last scheduled appearance before the first presidential debate on wednesday. like his opponent, he's trying to lower expectations. >> i know folks in the media are speculating already on who is going to
romney said president has misapplied americans understanding. he wrote we must restore our economic strength, our military strength and the strength of our values. both candidate are prepping for their first debate against each other this wednesday in denver focusing on domestic issues. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning to you. >> reporter: the president enters the final month before the elections within reach of the number of electoral votes needed to win but...
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both candidates say they, too, are staying in the race. betty? >> all right, thank you. >>> well, exit polls show 80% of the voters in wisconsin think mitt romney will be the gop nominee in november. 55% of those who voted for romney now say they strongly favor him. and about three-quarters of the maryland voters who cast a ballot for rick santorum say they'll vote for whoever the gop nominee is. >>> a federal judge is not happy with president obama's comments on the supreme court and health care reform. the president had said it would be inappropriate for unelected judges to overturn the law. yesterday the fifth circuit court of appeals judge in houston was hearing a case, challenging parts of the affordable health care act. judge jerry smith ordered a justice department attorney to produce a letter from the attorney general outlining the justice department's position. >> i want to be sure that you're telling us that the attorney general and the department of justice do recognize the authority of the federal courts to have unelected judges to st
both candidates say they, too, are staying in the race. betty? >> all right, thank you. >>> well, exit polls show 80% of the voters in wisconsin think mitt romney will be the gop nominee in november. 55% of those who voted for romney now say they strongly favor him. and about three-quarters of the maryland voters who cast a ballot for rick santorum say they'll vote for whoever the gop nominee is. >>> a federal judge is not happy with president obama's comments on the...
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not surprisingly, both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risks of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the next presidential debate is tuesday. >>> while democrats are pleased with vice president biden's performance it's unclear whether his aggressive style was offensive or convincing to the independents who will hold the margin of victory in the presidential election. >> randall, let's talk more. it was obviously interesting to watch. what were the strong and weak points of the candidates? >> reporter: well, certainly vice president biden had to make sure that everyone knew that democrats would fight. i mean, remember that president obama himself said that he was too polite. no one could say that about biden as last night's showdown. ryan had to make sure he didn't lose any ground. this is his first venue for a national audience sitting opposite one of the most powerful democrats in the nation. and he held his own even as mitt romne
not surprisingly, both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risks of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the next presidential debate is tuesday. >>> while democrats are pleased with vice president biden's performance it's unclear whether his aggressive style was offensive or convincing to the independents who will hold the margin of victory in the presidential election. >> randall,...
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has been the single conservative to mitt romney. then he falls back. he's not likely to get out because he's had some victories. in a way that's what romney would like. he would like opposition to keep splitting the vote so he it continue gaining these delegates. he gains delegates in the proportional system even if he loses the primaries. he would like that to continue. what santorum would like is newt gingrich to have a disastrous tuesday and would like santorum to be that single alternative. >> how likely will that be for newt gingrich to vey disastrous tuesday? >> he's doing pretty well in the polls. we have to see. on super tuesday, he wanted georgia but never came in second place anywhere else in the other ten contests. that wasn't great for him. he needs to do better than that. at least win one of these two states and even then he's well back in the delegate hunt and he needs to show he can grow his vote in the republican party, so far only winning in georgia and south carolina. hard to make that case. >> how swell mitt romne
has been the single conservative to mitt romney. then he falls back. he's not likely to get out because he's had some victories. in a way that's what romney would like. he would like opposition to keep splitting the vote so he it continue gaining these delegates. he gains delegates in the proportional system even if he loses the primaries. he would like that to continue. what santorum would like is newt gingrich to have a disastrous tuesday and would like santorum to be that single alternative....
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said that mitt romney was simply not conservative enough for them. romney did win his home state, which is kind of a gimme. he won vermont, which is the neighboring state. this was a night when everybody got some wins. newt gingrich will go on now. he says he'll try to use his win in georgia to give him momentum into alabama and mississippi, which will be the next places where there will be contests. santorum, obviously, is going nowhere. ron paul is going nowhere. so we've got all four candidates still in the race, nobody showing any sign of leaving, and as of right now, there does not seem to be a great deal for want of a better word, excitement right now about any of them. i'm bob schieffer, cbs news in new york. >>> also in politics, joe the plumber is now known as the republican candidate for congress. you may remember him. samuel wurzelbacher gained notoriety in 2008 for expressing his tax concerns to then candidate barack obama. he won the gop nomination in ohio's ninth congressional district. he'll face marge kaptur. she scored a victory agai
said that mitt romney was simply not conservative enough for them. romney did win his home state, which is kind of a gimme. he won vermont, which is the neighboring state. this was a night when everybody got some wins. newt gingrich will go on now. he says he'll try to use his win in georgia to give him momentum into alabama and mississippi, which will be the next places where there will be contests. santorum, obviously, is going nowhere. ron paul is going nowhere. so we've got all four...
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. >> you coached romney, brett. how would you approach him if you were the president and what would you say are his weak spots? >> well, both men are not very good when they get on the defensive. so, you know, both have to be on the offense. but that's tricky in a town hall debate because the audience is also a participant in the debate and so i think going too strongly on offense like vice president biden did a couple of nights ago would be a mistake. so you have to -- you have to balance between going on offense but also making sure you're effectively connecting with the voters in the audience. >> alan, brett mentioned we're going a town hall style format. how significantly different is that. from what we've seen over the years, how do you win here? >> it's a very different format. it's a completely different feel. brett is absolutely right this question is how aggressive you can be. the important thing for the candidates is to really listen to those questions that are being asked and be very responsive to those.
. >> you coached romney, brett. how would you approach him if you were the president and what would you say are his weak spots? >> well, both men are not very good when they get on the defensive. so, you know, both have to be on the offense. but that's tricky in a town hall debate because the audience is also a participant in the debate and so i think going too strongly on offense like vice president biden did a couple of nights ago would be a mistake. so you have to -- you have to...
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not surprisingly, both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risks of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the next presidential debate is tuesday. randall pinkston, cbs news, danville, kentucky. and we can expect those poll results to change in the coming days as the samples are increased and the polling organizations dig deeper on the impact of these first and only vice-presidential debates. reporting live in danville, kentucky, i'm randall pinkston, back to you. >> randall, it's certainly interesting to watch a lot more sparks in this debate than the presidential debate. what were considered the strong and weak points of the candidate? >> well, after president obama's performance last week democrats have to show they are willing to fight and also defend the president's record. biden certainly did that. for mitt ryan, he had to stand up there with one of the most famous most powerful democrats in the nation his first time out on that k
not surprisingly, both sides claimed victory. mitt romney's campaign said biden seemed off balance and strange. the president's team said the debate exposed the risks of electing a romney/ryan ticket. the next presidential debate is tuesday. randall pinkston, cbs news, danville, kentucky. and we can expect those poll results to change in the coming days as the samples are increased and the polling organizations dig deeper on the impact of these first and only vice-presidential debates....
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. >>> both candidates claim to have the solution to the middle class problems. mitt romney travels to new mexico to promote energy proposals to create new jobs. the president and a new campaign at and strategy. mitt romney has moved into a virtual tie with president obama in florida and wisconsin. president obama maintains a healthy margin in ohio. >>> we're better country than the one that pulls the rug from young people trying to make it. to give more folks who already have a lot. that is not who we are. >>> what we all fear the most is a week america. american's strength and strengthen our principles and our commitment to freedom. the strength of our homes. in schools. the strength in our economy. >>> it found that 42 percent of people said their financial situation is worse now than before the great recession. the zero bombing campaign will accept small donations through text messages. it will allow carriers to donate as much as $50 per bill. >>> their growing concerns about the republican national convention center don't next week. the tropical storm is hea
. >>> both candidates claim to have the solution to the middle class problems. mitt romney travels to new mexico to promote energy proposals to create new jobs. the president and a new campaign at and strategy. mitt romney has moved into a virtual tie with president obama in florida and wisconsin. president obama maintains a healthy margin in ohio. >>> we're better country than the one that pulls the rug from young people trying to make it. to give more folks who already have...
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332 for president obama, 206 for romney. >>> well, now that the election is over, both the president and the republicans addressed the issue of the so-called fiscal cliff. spending cuts and tax increases that will be triggered if it's not resolved by the end of the year. >> we can't just cut our way to prosperity. if we're serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue. and that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes. that's how we did it when bill clinton was president and that's only way we can afford to invest in education and job training and manufacturing all the ingredients of a strong middle class and strong economy. >> instead of raising tax rates on the american people and accepting the damage it will do to the economy let's start to actually solve the problem. the tax reform. lowers tax rates. instead of accepting arbitrary cuts, that will endanger our national defense, let's get serious about shoring up the entitlement programs that are the primary drivers of our country's massive growing debt. >> both the pre
332 for president obama, 206 for romney. >>> well, now that the election is over, both the president and the republicans addressed the issue of the so-called fiscal cliff. spending cuts and tax increases that will be triggered if it's not resolved by the end of the year. >> we can't just cut our way to prosperity. if we're serious about reducing the deficit, we have to combine spending cuts with revenue. and that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in...
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nation" today there was no shortage of debate advice for both men. >> i think paul ryan has to address some specific questions about his budget plan but he also has to make it clear that it's his budget plan, mitt romney's plan is the one that will be implemented in the white house. >> biden has to be aggressive in this debate. that's not an easy thing to calibrate. you can go overboard and he's opposing a young, earnest guy that's a boy scout. >> reporter: many democrats believe that the president's poor showing of last week won't really change the trajectory of this race unless, of course, the vice president is also perceived to lose his debate. that they fear could be a real problem. bill plante, cbs news, the white house. >>> politics overseas. hugo chavez has been re-elected. he won his third six year term following a bitter campaign. chavez spent billions of dollars from oil revenue on anti-poverty programs while attacking the west particularly the united states. chavez has been treated for cancer since 2011. to weather. first significant sign winter is around the corner. much of
nation" today there was no shortage of debate advice for both men. >> i think paul ryan has to address some specific questions about his budget plan but he also has to make it clear that it's his budget plan, mitt romney's plan is the one that will be implemented in the white house. >> biden has to be aggressive in this debate. that's not an easy thing to calibrate. you can go overboard and he's opposing a young, earnest guy that's a boy scout. >> reporter: many democrats...
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that's right, no question, both of the candidates are very much on the attack now. mitt romney on the president's record in the white house and the president not giving up on romney's tenure at a private equity firm. president barack obama was feeling the love while watching the u.s. olympic men's basketball team monday night. he wasn't as friendly to mitt romney. during a campaign event in ohio monday, the president pushed a new study which says romney's tax plans would be bad for america. >> governor romney's economic plan would, in fact, create 800,000 jobs. there's only one problem, the jobs wouldn't be in america. >> reporter: this latest attack is a new spin on an old theme, that romney shipped jobs overseas while still the head of bain capital. romney has been trying to beat back the bain attack. >> what does this say about a president whose record is so poor that all he can do in this campaign is attack me? >> reporter: there is growing evidence that the attacks on mitt romney's record at bain are working. that's led some to speculate he'll have to do someth
that's right, no question, both of the candidates are very much on the attack now. mitt romney on the president's record in the white house and the president not giving up on romney's tenure at a private equity firm. president barack obama was feeling the love while watching the u.s. olympic men's basketball team monday night. he wasn't as friendly to mitt romney. during a campaign event in ohio monday, the president pushed a new study which says romney's tax plans would be bad for america....
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has this taken any wind out of lkvernor romney's sails? >> reporter: well, talk about a lymentum stopper there, jim. i mean, what it has done it really rob romney of one of his sost reliable lines in his hempaign speeches. i've heard him say over and eser, under president obama, has neyment has never been below 8%. obviously, he's not saying that now. instead what we saw yesterday and what he's going to say here in this rally tonight is it d bed be better and it would be better if he were president, reminding people of just how much americans in this country are struggling and saying those numbers just don't reflect how bad this economy really is. >> axelrod: what else do you expect, jan, in the run-up to the second debate? foreporter: well, what we've already seen is more focus, more aggressiveness coming from governor romney after that debate, but, jim, there is one other thing that is so striking. i've never seen it in the 10 months i've covered this campaign as what we saw last night in st. petersburg, mitt mneyey, very private man, do
has this taken any wind out of lkvernor romney's sails? >> reporter: well, talk about a lymentum stopper there, jim. i mean, what it has done it really rob romney of one of his sost reliable lines in his hempaign speeches. i've heard him say over and eser, under president obama, has neyment has never been below 8%. obviously, he's not saying that now. instead what we saw yesterday and what he's going to say here in this rally tonight is it d bed be better and it would be better if he were...
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program is in virginia, mitt romney is in nevada. he has a new battle cry. he's accusing the president of surrendering his ability to change washington. >> reporter: mitt romney jumped all over this comment the president made on thursday about changing washington. he's hoping to get his campaign back on track and try to convince voters that he has what it takes to end the partisanship in washington. problem shared a plate of fries with young voters while talking about student loans in south florida. mitt romney talked medicare in sarasota. >> i hope the people in florida understand this. he cut medicare by $716 billion. >> reporter: two contrasting images in two parts of the state, each with the same goal. florida's 29 electoral votes. but something president obama said during a candidate's forum on univision through the most attention. >> you can't change from washington from the inside you can only change it from the outside. that's how i got elected. that's how health care got done because we mobilized the american people to speak out. >> reporter: mitt r
program is in virginia, mitt romney is in nevada. he has a new battle cry. he's accusing the president of surrendering his ability to change washington. >> reporter: mitt romney jumped all over this comment the president made on thursday about changing washington. he's hoping to get his campaign back on track and try to convince voters that he has what it takes to end the partisanship in washington. problem shared a plate of fries with young voters while talking about student loans in...
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president obama and mitt romney are targeting. romney has been using the unemployment numbers to attack the president. >> he said he would hold unemployment below 8%. it's not been below 8% for 40 straight months. that's the longest period in american history. >> the president says romney's plan to create jobs by cutting taxes for wealthy americans won't work. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. it didn't work then. it will not work now. >> but so far, the president has not been able to convince gorman he can turn around the economy. he says he'll vote for romney. romney is promising a 4% jobless rate if he wins the white house. the president will talk about the jobless numbers at just before noon eastern time today. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning. have a good weekend. thank you so much. >>> romney is firing back at democratic senate leader harry reid who has been saying that romney hasn't paid taxes for ten years. romney says that's just not true. >> it's time f
president obama and mitt romney are targeting. romney has been using the unemployment numbers to attack the president. >> he said he would hold unemployment below 8%. it's not been below 8% for 40 straight months. that's the longest period in american history. >> the president says romney's plan to create jobs by cutting taxes for wealthy americans won't work. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. it didn't work then. it will not work now....
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rick santorum is third in both states. ron paul has not campaigned in either of the two states, a distant fourth. also today caucuses will be held in hawaii around american samoa. >> i do not believe the other two candidates can beat obama and i believe this race is the most important in our lifetime. and i will not leave the field. >> but a new cbs news/new york times poll suggests gingrich is the republican least likely to beat president obama. gingrich trailing the president by 15 points in a hypothetical november matchup. the president holds a narrow lead against romney and santorum and a 10-point edge over paul according to the same poll, the president's approval rating the lowest ever, several points down from last month. that has a lot to do with high gas prices. >> a lot of attention on that. >>> coming up, starving for their school. the desperate lengths some bay area students are taking to protest school cuts. >> plus, how did this empty delta plane end up like that? the accident at one of the world's busiest air
rick santorum is third in both states. ron paul has not campaigned in either of the two states, a distant fourth. also today caucuses will be held in hawaii around american samoa. >> i do not believe the other two candidates can beat obama and i believe this race is the most important in our lifetime. and i will not leave the field. >> but a new cbs news/new york times poll suggests gingrich is the republican least likely to beat president obama. gingrich trailing the president by...
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he and romney are both here in "high owe. we were at a rally in northeast ohio with 10,000 cheering people. they took the president's election chant and turned it back on him. >> i've been watching some of president obama's rallies and they chant four more years, four more years. today there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them, four more weeks, four more weeks. >> four more weeks. four more weeks. >> reporter: romney argued the president to detract from his failed record is focusing on the small things instead of focusing on jobs and the economy. an example of a small thing, a big bird. >> so he's focused on saving big bird is kind of a strange thing in my view. i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs and brighter prospects. >> reporter: across the state in columbus president obama was talking about big bird highlighting an issue in last week's debate when romney said one cut he would make to balance the budget was funding for public television. >> he's decided we're
he and romney are both here in "high owe. we were at a rally in northeast ohio with 10,000 cheering people. they took the president's election chant and turned it back on him. >> i've been watching some of president obama's rallies and they chant four more years, four more years. today there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them, four more weeks, four more weeks. >> four more weeks. four more weeks. >> reporter: romney argued the...
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they both have arguments that they're better candidates. that's a really hard thing to do. you're not get ago true picture of what the opposition to governor romney is because it's split. it may remain that way. if governor romney is the nominee i'm certainly going to support him. he is so much better than president obama on the economy, on national security. i think newt made a very good point about this attack on the catholic church. here i am a pro-choice republican but i think the attack on the catholic church is outrageous. i think it's a violation of the first amendment of the constitution. and i think it's a real indication of how far left the obama administration has gone. >> schieffer: do you think this primary season so far has actually hurt republicans or has it helped them some. >> hard to say. i remember, like you do, way back the reagan-bush primary when bush did the view due economics against reagan. so they could never get together and reagan picked him as vice presidential candidate. these things can get pretty bitter. the race between obama and hillary cli
they both have arguments that they're better candidates. that's a really hard thing to do. you're not get ago true picture of what the opposition to governor romney is because it's split. it may remain that way. if governor romney is the nominee i'm certainly going to support him. he is so much better than president obama on the economy, on national security. i think newt made a very good point about this attack on the catholic church. here i am a pro-choice republican but i think the attack on...
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both candidates were there today and they both believe it's up for grabs. romney's camp thinks he has a chance to take the state. that's a state where they just started running ads about a week ago. >> all right. grace lee, thank you. >>> keep it here for up-to-the- minute coverage of election 2012. live coverage begins with the "cbs evening news" beginning at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. we are going to bring you local updates twice an hour. an if you can't get to your tv, we'll have election results streaming live on cbssf.com. >>> people who lost their homes in superstorm sandy are trying to salvage what they can. more than a million people in new york and new jersey are still without power a week after the storm. cbs reporter alison harmelin with one homeowner who made it out alive. >>> rewater from the storm was too much. >> reporter: we didn't have to be in the water too long. we had to do a couple of strokes to that so we jumped from the dining room table, on to that roof. we stayed on the roof for an hour. >> reporter: you floated out on your neighbor's
both candidates were there today and they both believe it's up for grabs. romney's camp thinks he has a chance to take the state. that's a state where they just started running ads about a week ago. >> all right. grace lee, thank you. >>> keep it here for up-to-the- minute coverage of election 2012. live coverage begins with the "cbs evening news" beginning at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. we are going to bring you local updates twice an hour. an if you can't get to your tv,...
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i want to start with a question to both of you. politico reported this week your campaigns are spent all week, every week strafing each other on twitter. given the opportunity to go big, politico says you go small. they say romney won't give details, obama won't give out an agenda. mark mckinnon is quoted as saying we're in the era of bitter twitter. i guess i would ask you, both-- and eric, i will start with you-- don't you think a presidential campaign should be on a higher local official than that? >> i'll tell you, bob, it's amazing when you think in the last presidential election, there was no twitter. we just view it as another means of communicating. i don't think it sets the tone for the race like the mainstream press does. but what we have noticed is that stories can inc. bait there and propel themselveses into the daily conversation of the campaign. so we want to be part of that. we want to shape the conversation to the extent that we can. i believe the obama campaign feels the same way. but it's simply another way of com
i want to start with a question to both of you. politico reported this week your campaigns are spent all week, every week strafing each other on twitter. given the opportunity to go big, politico says you go small. they say romney won't give details, obama won't give out an agenda. mark mckinnon is quoted as saying we're in the era of bitter twitter. i guess i would ask you, both-- and eric, i will start with you-- don't you think a presidential campaign should be on a higher local official...
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careporter: both candidates say that it's the other guy who hurts medicare the most. ere is the basic claim from governor romney. >> he's putting medicare at greater risk. he's putting health care at greater risk. >> reporter: and here's the basic claim from the president. >> their plan ends medicare as we know it. >> reporter: here is what the candidates are actually for. romney promises to keep medicare as it is for americans above age 55. fft he would also offer seniors a choice between traditional medicare and joining a private rivurance plan. in that system, the government would pay a basic premium for seniors directly to their insurance company. >> so people will have a choice. there will be greater eompetition between the government and the private plans. h reporter: romney's plan, however, could increase what seniors pay if they choose regular medicare and the president has made that an issue. >> their plan makes seniors pay more so they can give another tax cut to millionaires and billionaires. >> reporter: the president's plans for medicare are folded into h
careporter: both candidates say that it's the other guy who hurts medicare the most. ere is the basic claim from governor romney. >> he's putting medicare at greater risk. he's putting health care at greater risk. >> reporter: and here's the basic claim from the president. >> their plan ends medicare as we know it. >> reporter: here is what the candidates are actually for. romney promises to keep medicare as it is for americans above age 55. fft he would also offer...
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both candidates are pushing forward with new strategies >> 23 million americans are out of work, is inexcusable >> mitt romney will travel to mexico this morning trying to refocus his campaign after controversial comments congressman taken made regarding a " legitimate rate ". president obama has plans of his own >> is part of the jobs bill that i sent to the new congress would have helped states like nevada prevent further layoffs, would have allowed them to rehire teachers who lost their jobs, but, republicans in congress, don't boo, vote. >> today president obama travels to new york. our poll shows that more voters trust from the to do a better job with the economy then president obama but with medicare, the voters' trust president obama by at least an eight point margin in all the battleground states. >> there are growing concerns about dangerous weather at the republican national convention in tampa next week. the state of florida is in the tone of uncertainty as tropical storm isaac heads to the dominican republic today. forecasters say it could develop into a hurricane and has a good cha
both candidates are pushing forward with new strategies >> 23 million americans are out of work, is inexcusable >> mitt romney will travel to mexico this morning trying to refocus his campaign after controversial comments congressman taken made regarding a " legitimate rate ". president obama has plans of his own >> is part of the jobs bill that i sent to the new congress would have helped states like nevada prevent further layoffs, would have allowed them to rehire...
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. >> gingrich says that he expects to do well in both alabama and mississippi. mitt romney did not campaign this weekend. >> took a few days off. >> finally. >> going strong for about nine months now. >>> it is 5:11. we have some good news for bart riders. >> how the transit wants to lower fares. >>> and it's almost a done deal. the contract to keep alex smith with the 49ers for a few more years coming up. >>> been looking forward to some rain? i have! we have a lot on the way. we'll talk about that coming up next. ,,,,,, getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants... but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. start right. finish big. u-s military investigators e trying to determine why an american soldier would go oa shooting rampage. he'
. >> gingrich says that he expects to do well in both alabama and mississippi. mitt romney did not campaign this weekend. >> took a few days off. >> finally. >> going strong for about nine months now. >>> it is 5:11. we have some good news for bart riders. >> how the transit wants to lower fares. >>> and it's almost a done deal. the contract to keep alex smith with the 49ers for a few more years coming up. >>> been looking forward to some...